How time has changed

I remember the days when turning the clocks back meant an extra hour of sleep. This was obviously the days before having young children in the house. I love sleep, so I used to look forward to making this change even though it meant that the days were turning dark much earlier.

This year I was a little anxious about making the hour change. I have a friend whose little guy never "time changed" last year & she spent every morning waking up at 5am until the clocks changed again in the spring. I have heard other people also complain that it takes their kids a couple of weeks to adjust to the time change & as a result have a lot of early mornings. Last week Sydney was waking earlier than usual & I was fearful that this morning with the time change she would also be up well before 6am. Our friends Laura & Patrick were over with their kids yesterday & I was hoping that playing with Morgan & Marley would sufficiently wear
Sydney out & result in a longer than usual night sleep. But she slept her "usual" meaning that she slept until 7am which with the change was 6am. We actually should be thankful that she did sleep that long because sometimes if she goes to bed too late, she will wake up even earlier. Thankfully that didn't happen. I say thankfully, but really I was in bed for another hour & a half after she got up. Her Daddy is an early morning person & he was up before her- had to check where he was in the hockey pool. Therefore, I got to sleep in until 7:30am & got up when I heard them getting Jason up.

She is down for a nap now, which was accepted without too much resistance. Jason is also napping right now, so it is nice having a quiet household...if only for a few moments.

Some shots of Sydney & Morgan dancing last night...too cute, I think.